UC Irvine |
A surgical procedure without the surgery
UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering Tibor Juhasz spent 25 years perfecting a laser treatment for glaucoma. Now it’s ready to change how the world sees.
UCLA |
Scientists create first mini-lungs with built-in blood vessels, unlocking new insights for pulmonary vascular disease
The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing unprecedented tools for studying diseases, testing drugs and developing personalized treatments.
UC Santa Cruz |
Revolutionary Rubin Observatory debuts with first images taken by world’s largest camera
UC researchers have made key contributions to the 20-year collaboration.
UC Newsroom |
Cuts to federal science spending will cost every American
America’s scientific leadership is teetering. The proposed federal budget would send it off a cliff.
UC Santa Barbara |
How to become a more curious person, according to new research
With a curiosity-building app, researchers Madeleine Gross and Jonathan Schooler explore how personality can shift through small daily actions.
UC Davis |
Telehealth can improve care for cats with chronic health issues
Research finds informal video visits are beneficial for humans and their pets.
UC Berkeley |
In search of a way to improve humans’ faulty memories and bad habits
Allison Harvey, a UC Berkeley psychology professor, says lessons from science can help everyone instill good habits — and even lead to more effective patient treatments.
UC San Francisco |
The quest to reinvent anesthesia
UCSF researchers are scouring millions of compounds – with help from tiny zebrafish – to create anesthetics safe enough to use without an anesthesiologist.
UC Berkeley |
Psychopathic personality is measured with a 1970s checklist. A UC Berkeley psychologist says it’s time to upgrade.
By using a new way to measure psychopathy, Keanan Joyner says we could potentially decrease the cost of the disorder to the U.S. criminal justice system, estimated at $460 billion each year.
UC Riverside |
A California dairy tried to capture its methane. It worked.
Sealing manure ponds at a Central Valley farm cut emissions dramatically.
UC San Diego |
To study cancer ‘kill switch,’ UC San Diego scientists will send stem cells to space
Rebecsinib’s power to stop deadly cancers in their tracks will enter Phase 1 clinical trial this year.
UC San Diego |
Alzheimer’s gene therapy shows promise in preserving cognitive function
Unlike existing treatments for Alzheimer’s that target unhealthy protein deposits, the new approach developed at UC San Diego could help address the root cause of the disease by influencing behavior of brain cells themselves.